Metcalfe/Lewis: Ikons

Eric Metcalfe
Photo by Marlene Madison

Eric Metcalfe, who won a Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts in 2008, was born in Vancouver and co-founded the Western Front, the city’s internationally acclaimed artist-run centre. His work blends different artistic forms and media, with a special emphasis on jazz music.

Experimental composer and author George Lewis, a winner of the MacArthur Foundation “genius” award in 2002 is the Edwin H. Case professor of American music at Columbia University. His work includes electronic and computer music, computer-based video and sound installations, and notated and improvisational forms.

In Ikons, these two pioneering avant-garde artists collaborate for the first time. An innovative piece of music, created by Lewis using specially created software, is integrated with a large array of Metcalfe sculptures. Visitors literally create the work from their presence in the space: a person moving across the room to view one of the sculptures is greeted by a sonic provocation, while a fresh sequence of sounds in another part of the sculpture beckons and invites, Ikons provides a unique composition for every audience — and a new experience from every angle.

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